GazzaS

HI everyone, Completing a couple of other builds put this one on the back burner. However, I;ve been rolling on it slowly through the week as life has permitted in fits and starts. The engine and IP. I didn't bother painting the engine as it would never be seen and would need a lot more love than I was interested in giving to make it presentable. I did a quick paint job on the IP and my dry brushing didn't show to well. The Revi gunsight came with a solid green plastic "lens". I sawed it off and will replace it with some clear plastic. The pilot is safely covered by the tip of a rubber glove which is taped to the fuselage sides. Because of the pilot being there (and looking much better than the cockpit details) I placed the radiators in a full open position since the donated Trumpeter parts gave me the freedom to do so. You'll also noticed that I removed the hinges at the fin and filled the holes with milliput. A dded the hatch behind the pilot with card. I have one in PE, but thought I would save it for a future Revell 109 mega-build. Because the kit MG's looked like anemic Brownings, I decided to replace them with proper MG 131 barrels by Master. I have a Master Pitot tube to use as well, You can just notice the hints of brass under the Tamiya tape. I'm a bit dubious about the LG angles, but wonder of wonders, both wingtips are 50MM above the tabletop exactly. You've probably noticed that I've shimmed both the cowling and the wing joints with white card. Amazingly I've got to this point with no loss of surface detail that I didn't mean to remove. The rudder, ailerons, and elevators are all baby bottom smooth. I need to engrave a fuel hatch behind the canopy, and two hand-holds before it. I didn't open up the locator holes for the fuselage beulen. I'll remove the locators from inside the bumps and position them freehand. I was tempted to try the Trumpy rudder. However, the horn balance and the thickness of the rudders is vastly different. I'll tell you this, though: Though this kit is wrong in just about every area, it hasn't pissed me off as much as the Eduard 1/32 109E4. I'm thoroughly digging this kit! Thanks for looking! Gaz

Interesting!

Stunning!

Sweet work on that pit!

Love it!

Amazed. When you say contact cement... are you meaning like the spray on rubbery stuff? Can you post a pic of the brand, please. Gaz

Glad to see you back, Mark! Keep up the good work! Gaz

Are you going to hire a flatbed trailer to get it to the Nats, or leave the wings off? Gaz

That thing is so massive! Keep up the excellent work! Gaz

Your paint job looks nice and even! Better than I could hope to manage, I think. My first NMF bird of my modern era of modelling was a Hasegawa Razorback in 1/48. This was 30+ years after I vowed to myself to never attempt to paint an NMF scheme again. Gaz

Looking sweet! Must have been great fun to swap around those MG FF drums in flight. Gaz

one 20mm MG 151 firing through the propeller hub and 2 X MG 17 7.92 mm over the engine. Numerous Rustzatz available, too. Here is a G2 in Tunisia: And here are some brand-spanking new ones fresh from the factory in desert camo scheme: From a former Michigander... (Still a Detroit Lions fan) Gaz

I've already completed two kits this year, so I only have a few simple model related resolutions: 1. Like it! If it sucks, throw it away. 2. Like it! Don't worry if it doesn't look as good as I want. I had this Gunny in the Marines. Gunny Hermann (not sure if it was one N or two). Helluva a Marine. Heaven help you if you didn't have a fresh haircut at Monday morning formation. He had an interesting sense of humor. One of his catch phrases was: "Like it! And if you don't like it, like not liking it!" Gaz

= Recipe for vomit

Very interesting site and an amazing aircraft. Thanks for sharing!

I have to build one too, John... Maybe we should work as a team... But I want mine to look like this: Gaz

Excellent interior details!

Ana amzing plane and a great start. Gonna enjoy watching you do it! Gaz

Wow, what a stunner! Welcome to the forums. Gaz

All of those wires added to the engine make it look awesome. Looking forward to your alclad work! Gaz

HI Everyone, Another lesson learned as this kit joins the 10-foot-away club. I used a Flory type wash which buried itself into every tiny pore, making this aircraft armor-dirty. The main problem may have been caused by me. After sealing with a coat of Future, I tired some shading with an oil wash. Therefore, every brush stroke in the oils shows in the wash. Not happy, but it's another lesson. You can see how the wash has really ruined the white areas, especially around the heart insignia. But But anyway, it was fun to build the small nimble-looking fighter. Thanks for looking! Gaz

Great update, love your improvements!

I think a couple of big red octagons would have been more difficult to miss. Maybe a plane X-ing sign: Mebbe they were reading another sign: Or this one: Or perhaps distracted by the thought of a cool drink: I'm not excusing anyone except the pilot, and all images for discussion only of course. Gaz

Imagine trying to claim that on your insurance without video evidence.

Mig-23-fishbed With Xiphactinus And Piplomystus At the Christchurch Art Museum: An etching sold in 1986... Though looks to me someone got confused between Flogger and Fishbed. https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/collection/86-03 Gaz